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Mary Bourassa
@MaryBourassa
High school math teacher - she/her. Desmos Fellow. #ThinkingClassroom. #MTBoS. Also mom to four, foodie, dog person #uglydogs. Curator of wodb.ca
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. teachers, there are lots of resources on the #WRDSBdestreamed website to help create a positive learning community in #mth1w, #mpm2d, #snc1w, #eng1d, #fsf1d to start the semester.
sites.google.com/wrdsb.ca/wrdsb
#wrdsblearns #wrdsbscience #wrdsbmath #wrdsbenglish #wrdsbfrench
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I'm trying to get ChatGPT to create subversive groups for me and I am failing! It's interesting that I think I'm giving clear directions, but I'm not getting the result I want. It is much harder to teach AI (some things) than to teach humans.
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We are launching a Polypad Pointer video series! 📣 🎦 📣. In this first video, learn about the rectangle, regular, custom, and circle tiles on Polypad. Be sure to subscribe to our channel!
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I do hard sudokus on my phone often. Yesterday I did one on paper. It was so much more difficult because my brain kept saying "show me all the 6s" and the paper refused to respond.
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Prompt in #MHF4U today: explore combining functions by [+ or - or × or ÷] (I assigned one to each group) and find characteristics. Then, I made a class slide deck to which they are all contributing. #ThinkingClassroom
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Finally, it's snowing!
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Double dessert - lemon blueberry cheesecake and chocolate tart with - yum!
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📣 We’re now accepting applications for the next Desmos Classroom Fellows cohort!
If you’re a Desmos Classroom super fan or an educator wanting to learn how to tap into the power of Desmos Classroom technology in your classroom, apply now: forms.gle/fBKCr6rnZKfSJk #MTBoS
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2022/12/math-l
Links and help from and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
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My #MTH1W students are presenting about numeral systems this morning. They only have to present to 2 people as they are in random groups of 3 (this was intentional to help reduce anxiety). It fills my heart with joy to hear them all teaching each other.
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I tried this activity in @MsLyon16 's MTH1W class using Polypad on @MathigonOrg to help illustrate algebraic expressions. First Q: if this is x + 2 what would 3(x+2) look like? Students go to the VNPS to work in small groups:
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"Perfect" sedecordle this morning. I have 2 starting words then got 1 to 16 correct, in order. That'll never happen again!
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A little something good for your timeline. One snoozy puppy.
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My #MTH1W class worked on a question that I really liked from MathUp this morning. They were looking at the relationship between width & perimeter of rectangles where the length is 7 cm more than the width. They did such good work.
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Turn your equations and graphs into art and prizes! The Desmos Global Math Art Contest is BACK with some exciting changes. Entries are due by January 15, 2023. Learn more at blog.desmos.com/articles/art-c
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Today in ##MTH1W we talked about number sets and density. We had previously talked about the real number system so this was an interesting application. Here's my #thinkingclassroom sequence (some may be from MathUp).
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And Jax also graduated today! The folks at Ferghus & Co did such a great job making him feel safe.
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Lily, 7 weeks ago when she graduated from puppy class, and today when she graduated from Level 1!
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Working with linear and non-linear data in #MTH1W this morning with Speedy Squares. marybourassa.blogspot.com/2015/03/mfm2p-
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A dedicated page for collecting "Oops, I forgot..." tasks is now live!
natbanting.com/oops-i-forgot/
The landing page gives a brief intro and links to this post (natbanting.com/oops-i-forgot-) with more context.
Submissions welcome to grow the collection!
#MTBoS #iteachmath #OIFMath
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Lots of good thinking. Some groups have moved on to sin(2). (Yes, that's 2 radians)
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Today in #MHF4U, in random groups at the whiteboards, students are trying to figure out how to use thus calculator to determine sin(pi/8).
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Now we can talk about the equation of a line. They already have all the pieces.
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Next, let's make a table and scatter plot. What are the slope (rate of change) and starting value (we will later called that y-int)?
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My students are *really* good at this now and will often show "step n" in multiple ways. I then asked them to draw step 1 and step 0.
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Today in #MTH1W, in random groups at the whiteboards, they had to find the general case for this visual pattern.
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It is okay to change your mind when the circumstances have changed. twitter.com/Yoda4ever/stat
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2022/11/math-l
Links and help from and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
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Their almond toffee bark is back! It is among the most delicious things around. And their bars are on sale so win-win!
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‘Tis the season for a sale! All chocolate bars are on sale til Sunday at 11:59pm. Get a jump on your shopping. Use code HOLIDAY22 at checkout online and in store and discount will apply to your order. #happyshopping #chocolatelover #beantobar #canadianmade
🚨Here's your chance to support frontline Eduction Workers🚨
This GoFundMe is for grocery 💵 for the workers Ford is forcing to use food banks.
We've contacted CUPE & will give them the funds to give to members in need.
gofundme.com/f/grocery-fund
#onpoli #onted #etfo
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Our holiday collection is here! Shop now, shop early, and #shoplocal for everything and everyone on your list! Visit our website for all the festive flavours!
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Ready to start building your own lessons? Drop by our next webinar to learn all about Activity Builder!
✨ Explore how to use AB to create dynamic lessons to engage students
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This is a really bonkers story from ON, Canada. The conservative provincial government announced new legislation that forces a 4 year contract on 55k+ union education workers. It includes this truly incredible phrase
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We will not allow our rights to be legislated away. They may have a majority in the legislature. We have a majority across the province. We will take a stand and do everything we can to defend workers' rights and to defend public education.
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There you have it folks, Ontario Conservatives are the first Canadian government to use the Notwithstanding clause to override Constitutionally protected Labour Rights.
Quite a day in Canadian Labour law and Constitutional history.
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Why #ThinkingClassroom. A few responses when asked "What are your thoughts on this class?". Thank you for sharing your research with teachers and making it accessible.
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